After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted

Chapter

25

I stared at the keys, took a deep breath, and placed my fingertips on them, my fingers trembling slightly with anticipation.

The cheers of the crowd below mingle with the sound of my playing, sending adrenaline soaring through my veins. The theme is 'Self'.

As I play the piece, memories of the past few years flash through my mind.

I play stories about myself, but when I actually hit the keys, Leo starts to appear.

Leo, have I been living in the shadow of who I think I should be, all because of you?

My heart thumped as I realised this and my hands stopped playing.

what's wrong with

she thinking, did

had

I whispered to myself. Leo is Leo. and

hair up in a haphazard

and stopped caring about appearances and played with

heartbeat intertwined with the melody of the piano and together they played the

and the cheers of the audience brought me back

performance had won third place in

election.

mixture of relief and joy flooded my heart and tears threatened

12:45

the World,

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